The National Police has recovered 215,662 euros from a company in Albacete by means of the masked call or ‘spoofing’. In this technique, the offender pretends to be the bank of the victim. The total damage exceeded 468,000 euros. The victim believed that, by sharing the codes he received on his mobile phone, he stopped fraudulent transfers. In fact, he was authorizing them.
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The National Police has recovered 215,662 euros from a company in Albacete by means of the masked call or ‘spoofing’. In this technique, the offender pretends to be the bank of the victim. The total damage exceeded 468,000 euros. The victim believed that, by sharing the codes he received on his mobile phone, he stopped fraudulent transfers. In fact, he was authorizing them.